Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 19:35:57 -0800 (PST) From: bobj@atlantic.net To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/16289: Typos from Chapter 2 of FreeBSD Handbook Message-ID: <20000122033557.B3A6714C58@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 16289 >Category: docs >Synopsis: Typos from Chapter 2 of FreeBSD Handbook >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Jan 21 19:40:00 PST 2000 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Bob Johnson >Release: On-line Handbook as of 21JAN00(at http://www.freebsd.org) >Organization: >Environment: N/A >Description: Found a few typos near the end of Chapter 2. URLs refer to the on-line pages in which the typos were found: http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/install-trouble.html From Section 2.4.1. What to do if something goes wrong... "Warning: Do not disable any drivers you will need during the installation, such as your screen (sc0). If the installation wedges or fails mysertiously after leaving the configuration editor, you have probably removed or changed something you should not have. " The word "mysteriously" is misspelled. Same URL, i.e. http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/install-trouble.html From Section 2.4.2. MS-DOS User's Questions and Answers "FIPS allows you to split an existing MS-DOS parition into two pieces, preserving the original partition and allowing you to install onto the second free piece." The first use of the word "partition" is misspelled. The same misspelling appears two more times near the end of the section, in the following sentences: "This example assumes, of course, that your extended parition is on SCSI drive 0. For IDE drives, substitute wd for da appropriately. You otherwise mount extended paritions exactly like you would any other DOS drive, for example: " >How-To-Repeat: View referenced URLs. >Fix: Change misspellings that are noted above. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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